Inn-sewer-ants

It is the second time that I am reading the Terry Pratchett's first book in the Discworld series, Colour of Magic. The first time I read it about six years ago, I found it hard to follow with lots of new characters and locations which are thrown at me out of nowhere. After reading it again, I still had to focus really hard or even read the same paragraphs twice to make sure that I am not missing any important plot and scenes. For some reasons, the different sections of the book does not flow as smoothly as other English books, for instance Salvatore's work.

Having said that, I really like the wild imagination of Terry Pratchett in creating the Discworld universe by mixing the usual fantasy, god like figures with similar behaviour as the ones in the Greek mythology and contemporary concepts sprinkled along the course of the story. An example of a modern reference is the idea of insurance in the Discworld universe, Rincewind, the main character has trouble pronouncing the word, so he spells it inn-sewer-ants, get it?

The story follows the adventure of Rincewind and of a tourist, followed by a quirky chest with hundreds of legs on its side. The trio have many close encounters with Fate and Death until over the edge of Discworld which consists of a giant turle, upon which stand four elephants who in turn support the disc of the world. Some of those descriptions might blow your mind away but that pretty much describes the whole book, it has crazy ideas and fun in a twisted way to read.